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HENRY J. DURGIN, OF ROCHESTER, NEYV YORK.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,271, dated April 19, 1887.

Application filed February 18, 1886. Serial No. 192,395. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. DURGIN, of

Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Knockdown Pillar-Tables, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings. The object of my invention is to produce an improved convenient knockdown pillartable, the same being formed with independent supporting-frames and other improved parts, the same being fully described hereinbelow, and more particularly pointed out in the claim. 1

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a side elevation of my improved pillar-table; Fig. 2, a view of the same, seen as indicated by arrow min Fig. 1, the supporting-legs being horizontally sectioned, as upon the (lotted line y therein; Fig. 3, Sheet 2, a view of the upper parts of the table, seen as indicated by arrow 2 in Fig. 1, the supporting-legs be ing horizontally sectioned, as upon said dotted line 3 parts being shown as occupying two positions by full and dotted lines; Fig. 4, Sheet Y 3, a vertical section of parts at the top of the table, sectioned as upon the dotted line y in Fig. 3,\and viewed as indicated by arrow in said latter figure, drawn to more fully show some of the interior parts of the table; and Fig. 5, a side elevation of one of the supporting-frames, seen from the same direction from which Fig. 4 is seen, a part of one of the sections being sectioned and broken away to show the manner of locking said sections together.

Referring to the parts, A is the top board of the table; B, an ornamental frame near the periphery thereof; 0, the center supportingleg of the table; and D, the, outer supportinglegs', formed of vertical pillars b, inclined braces a, and horizontal girts c. E are the extension slides, of usual form, secured to the under surface of the top board A. F is a crossbar secured to the respective middle bars of the slides, which holds the center leg; and G,the supporting-frames, or frames proper, for the table.

Each of the frames G is composed of sections (Z and e, forming pairs, which sections of either pair extend out-ward from the head of a supporting-leg, preferably in lines about at right angles with each other and in directions away from the center of the table. The sections (2 are made longer than the sections 6, and cross each other at about rightangles, being notched together, as shown, so that the edges of all the sections shall bear evenly against the surface of the top board of the fa ble and equally assist to support the same. Cross-braces are used for the purpose of staying the outer sections, 6, of the frames. The ends of the sections (1 and.e may be simply abutted against the heads of the supporting- ,legs D, having tie-bolts passed horizontally through the braces f into or through the heads of said legs, to hold the latter firmly to place, or the legs and frames G may respectively be joined by tenons and mortises, or held in some other desirable manner, so as to be conveniently and quickly put together. I prefer, however, to join them by tenons and mortises substantially as shown, the same being shown in Patent No. 206,234, of date July 23, 1878.

The two frames G are distinct and independent, the same being moved apart from each other and the parting line of the table to admit the cross-bar F and the heads of the sup porting-legs between them, each frame being placed to support its own half of the table. The sections (1 and e of these frames extend in opposite directions from each other, and from the opposite sides of the outer legs, forming, respectively, distributed supporting-arms for the halves of the table.

The cross-bar F is secured at its respective ends to the middle bars, h, of the slides E in the usual manner, said bar, with the center leg, 0, always remaining under the middle of the table at every degree of extension of the latter.v

The parts I) of the legs D are vertical and a the sides or faces of the same parallel, while the center leg, 0, is preferably made tapering or pyramidal, the inclined members or braces a of said legs D being held relatively to place by girts 0, extending from said braces to said legs or parts I).

The outer legs or pillars, b, are equally Ice spaced around the center leg, 0, and are preferably set diamonding, or in such positions that the planes of their respective faces shall form angles of forty-five degrees with the dividing line of the table. This enables me to extend the sections (1 and e of the frames Gr outward from the legs or pillars b at right angles to the faces thereof and in directions toward the respective corners of the table, as shown, thus affording an excellent support for said corners.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is In combination with the top board and legs of an extension-table, independent supporting-frames for the respective halves of said 

